Improvement in cotton-bale ties



A A G 0 L D S M I T H Cotton-Bale Ties. N0, 152,362; Patemed1un23,187'4.

WITN ESSES ATTORNEY UNITED 'STATES PATENT Qrrronla ABRAHAM A. GOLDSMITH,OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part ofvLetters Patent N0. 152,362, dated Junol23, 1874; application led June G, 1874.

To all whom it may' concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM A. GOLD- SMITH, of Charleston,in the countyof Charles- Bale-Ties; and l do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and gures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a sectional view of mybale-tie, and Figs. y2 and 3 are detail views.

This invention Ihas lrelation to bale-ties, ...wherein a buckle -is usedto unite the two ends of a binder; and it consists in a buckle having aslot through it of such construction that, when a bent end of a binderis inserted therein, along with a straight end thereof, they shall bothbe bent obliquely to the line of strain, and the straight end be firmlyheld by the bent end and an angle upon the outer surface of the buckle,thereby allowing the binder to be adjusted to lit a compressed mass ofany size.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a buckle, having constructedthrough it a slot,

- c, having beveled surfaces a c, which are obliquely inclined to theline of strain of the binder. B designates a metallic binder of suitablestrength, which is bent upon itself as regards one of its ends, to fornia wedging-loop, b, and of which the other end, b, is straight.

The slot a of the buckle A has its upper and lower bearing-surfacesbeveled, the one toward the other, their general direction beingdownward and oblique to the line of strain, and the upper surface a ofsaid slot inclined at a greater angle to the dat surfaces of the bucklethan the lower surface a". If the straight end of the binder be nowpassed through the slot a of buckle A from its lian ing side, and thebuckle be passed along the binder B until the bent end b is receivedinto the slot, its bent portion being uppermost, and if, then, thebinder be passed around the compressed mass, and secured by passing thestraight end b into slot d, under the bent portion b of binder B, thesaid binder may be adjusted around a mass of any size by drawing itthrough said slot by its straight end, and if when so arranged thepressure upon the substance to be baled be removed, the eX- pansiou ofthe mass will cause the ends of the said binder to be bent in the sameangle with the inclined inner surfaces of the slot a, and the bentportion I) of the binder B acting upon a straight portion of saidbinder, will force the latter strongly against the angular lower lip cof the lower beveled surface of the slota, thereby securing the flatportion of said binder in the buckle, owing to thevery strong frictionof said part over the angular lip o of the slot.

That I claini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy Thebuckle A, having a slot, a., with its walls a a inclined downward andtoward each other, in combination with the binder B, having a straightend, b', and a bent end, b, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I cla-im the above I have hereunto subscribed my nainein the presence of two witnesses.

A. A. GOLDSMITH. lhlitnesses: y

JACOB WILLIMAN, ASBETH COHEN.

